Testing of China's Mars probe underway

Picture released on Aug. 23, 2016 by lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Adiministration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence shows the concept portraying what the Mars rover and lander would look like. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese researchers have completed the aerodynamic design of the country's Mars probe and are now conducting testing and experiments, reports Science and Technology Daily.

Set to launch in 2020, Chinese space authorities are working on technology to help complete the orbiting, landing and surveying.

"The aerodynamic design is very important as it will protect the probe in its landing and prevent it from leaving the orbiting track," Zhou Weijiang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political